US embassy cable - 05MADRID2599

UNCLAS MADRID 002599 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO EUR/WE 
EB/ODF FOR ROLAND DE MARCELLUS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, ECON, EFIN, JO, SP, IQ 
SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEAD SEA DONORS' MEETING 
DEMARCHE 
 
REF: STATE 127710 
 
1. Poloff delivered reftel points on July 11 to Alberto 
Moreno, Subdirector General for Middle East Affairs at the 
Spanish MFA.  Moreno confirmed that Spain had received its 
invitation to the donors' meeting and would have a delegation 
in attendance both days.  He indicated that the Spanish 
delegation would be headed by Ricardo Martinez, Director 
General of Cooperation for Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, 
and would also include: Moreno; the Spanish Ambassador to 
Jordan; and an additional representative from the Agencia 
Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional (AECI), the Spanish aid 
agency.  Finally, Moreno said that Spain had disbursed 
approximately half (143 million USD) of the 300 million USD 
it pledged during the Madrid donors' conference and 
anticipated disbursing an additional 17 million USD by the 
end of 2005.  The Spanish aid package amounts include the 
estimated monetary cost of supplemental programs, such as: 
reconstruction projects, medical supplies and training 
courses.  The remainder of Spain's aid package, valued by the 
Spanish government at approximately 140 million USD, will be 
disbursed over time through 2007. 
AGUIRRE